 But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...  Littell's Living Age - Page 131851Full view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor sbrah, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power,...The weary eye may ken ; For all is rocks at random tbrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...can show Some touch of Nature's genial glow ; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or on glen, — Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, • The weary eye can ken ". This desert is equal in extent to the one-half of Europe b : it is the largest in the world.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 314 pages
...at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.' Lord of the Isles, HI. 14. there all night. We therefore, with regret, resolved to scale the wall,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 610 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Glencroc, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor anght of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken ; For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves,... | |
 | 1837 - 236 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Glencoe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben, But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen — Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor ought of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken, For all is rock, at random thrown Black waves, bare... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Gleneroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, hare crags, and bank« of stone, As if were here denied The s.nmmer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 428 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Glcncroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben; But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain side.'... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 432 pages
...deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here — above, around, below, On mountain or in gleu, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught...thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As ii" were here denied The summer's sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1840 - 286 pages
...copse on Cruchan-Ben ; But here, — ahove, around, helow, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shruh, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power,...ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, hare crags, and hanks of stone, As if were here denied l [MS.—" Dark hanks."] The summer sun, the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1841 - 410 pages
...heath-bells bud in deep Glencroe, And copse on Cruchan-Ben; But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower,...with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side. XV. And wilder, forward as they wound, Were the proud cliffs and lake profound. Huge terraces of granite... | |
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